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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1869
Page
2
A patriotic editorial extols upcoming national celebrations with calls for eloquence, grand harms and youthful vigor. It lauds the Declaration, Hancock, and Revolutionary women while urging broad participation, ceremonies, and a Providence anniversary gathering with sermons and society addresses.
The writer extols Boston’s enterprise and pride in its grand Organ and the Common. He notes two large Jubilee events in a massive venue for up to fifty thousand, praising a mammoth chorus and musical genius. He hails Boston as Athens of America and praises local spirit and enterprise.
The piece mocks overworked merchants and professionals who seek Europe and the Continent for relief. It praises the Pacific Railroad for offering a cross continental voyage by rail to San Francisco as a modern cure. The tone jokes that clergymen will benefit and the medicine will shake the patient before restoration.
A misersome rag-picker in New Orleans dies leaving a sizable fortune to two granddaughters, a provision noted in the will. The orphanage and local heirs await probate as announcements detail the unexpected bequest.
A broad array of notices and vignettes include social reforms, crops, thefts, legal actions, and quirks. Highlights mention California suffrage plans, Nebraska wheat, Kentucky temperance, strawberry prairies in Texas, and Beers, bills, and local curiosities across states from Ohio to New York.
Monday's storm battered Tiverton Four Corners with hail as large as pullet eggs damaging windows. Giles M. Chace lost seventy one panes and neighbors suffered heavy losses. A Tiverton stage-driver said John Allen's house on Slocum's Neck was struck by lightning, a son and hired man were knocked senseless, lamps burned, carpet ignited but quickly put out, hoopskirts melted after the strike.
A Sunday storm plowed through the Middle States with heavy property damage and loss of life. On Long Island and in Westchester County New York the hardest hit areas, two sloops sank near New York City with crew fatalities. In Rockaway guests at a hotel were hurled by the storm into the parlor. a New York man on the beach was struck by lightning and killed. Across Westchester many trees were uprooted and livestock injured.
The Pelot details the Catholic diocese of Massachusetts reporting 126 churches and 8 buildings 36 chapels and stations 165 priests 11 ordained since last report 48 clerical students 8 mates and 15 female religious institutions 38 female academies 13 parochial free schools 5865 pupils 5 hospitals and 5 orphan asylums 580 orphans 12 benevolent institutions and a Catholic population over 950000 in the diocese.
The Woonsocket Patriot reports small-pox in three Armoryville families and seven public schools closed, sparking a public panic.
In Los Angeles county oats reach six feet, while seven feet oats are noted near Sacramento City. Grasshoppers swarm along the Sacramento and Placerville Railroad to such an extent that locomotive wheels slip and sand must be used to keep trains moving.
The National Intelligencer in Washington suspended Friday morning after ongoing efforts to unite it with the Evening Express under a joint stock ownership due to funding difficulties.
Mr Bartrett Balt, Block Island's oldest resident, died in bed on the night of June 20. He was 101 years old and had lived on his birth land, a small tract he tended until the end. He retired in his usual health and slept peacefully.
The Narragansett Times notes waters around Point Judith are teeming with fish. Horse mackerel are most abundant, with cartloads seen last week. one party near the pier hauled seven hundred plus fish in about two hours and another caught two hundred in an hour.
On Monday morning the steamer Bristol en route from Fall River to New York collided near Sands Point with a Piétou bark in ballast. The bark was struck amidships and sank. All hands were rescued by the Bristol.
During the late hurricane at Ship man Illinois two men were blown over more than one hundred yards and lodged in apple trees without material damage. A half eight months old was also carried into a large Incust tree several hundred feet from grazing.
The New York papers again claim that the seventeen year locusts have appeared in Connecticut. How do they determine the insects’ age when they migrate to the state.
A crew member on the Bay Queen was robbed of a gold watch when it slipped from its owner’s pocket during a Newport collision. The master marked the scupper with his umbrella to locate the spot after the crash. George Catlin promotes sleeping with closed mouth as a health hazard and recounts his near-fatal exposure risk on the Missouri frontier.
The Massachusetts Legislature passed a baggage protection law effective Friday. It fines up to fifty dollars for baggage masters, express agents, stage drivers, brakemen, or other handlers who willfully or recklessly injure or destroy trunks valises boxes parcels during loading transport unloading or storage.
The writer voices strong disdain for political offices and those who hold them. He condemns politicians as corrupt, claiming their consciences have stretched like rubber. He says his time at the Custom House exposes him to a troubling political nature.
Mowny Trons of Burrillville allegedly shot his wife on Monday night and fled. The Burrillville Town Council offers 500 dollars for his arrest or 50 dollars for his body if found dead. Irons is described as American, 27, 5 feet 9, blue eyes, light sandy hair, 160 pounds, wearing a dark woolen shirt, black felt hat, and worn boots.
A woman troubled by persistent ear ringing finds relief through Jubilee treatment. The attending doctor, likely inspired by a Radcliffe era case of nervous singing in the head, advised her to curl her hair with a ballad as part of care.
The Long Island Railroad will be extended to Sag Harbor this autumn. A day route from New York to Boston via Stonington and Providence is prepared once the extension is finished. Sag Harbor to Stonington covers about thirty miles.
A revival movement spreads in Dahcurlia Sweden with Baptist brethren praying under altars. In a village over a hundred converts are recorded and in one parish meetings are permitted in the State Church temple.
A Paris letter says Minister Washburne obtained the release from prison of Warren of Boston and two other Americans who were arrested and brutalized by Paris police during the recent riots while they watched.
On opening day in Sacramento friends of a murder suspect forged dispatches to the District Attorney using his wife's name claiming his child was dying in San Jose. The ruse caused him great anguish before he learned it was a fraud.
A London event celebrated fourteen English artisans entering Cornell University, marking a notable public education exchange. The piece contrasts past American student mobility with this contemporary cross‑Atlantic participation.
On information from the Treasury Department at Washington it is stated that the amount of conscience money returned to the U S Government has greatly increased of late and now reaches several thousand dollars annually.
A historic elm in Verquont was cut down. The trunk measured seven feet in diameter two feet from the end. It stood about eighty feet tall and yielded thirty six cords of wood. The tree was roughly eight centuries old and noted for its size.
A Texas editor mourns past wounds and racial strife in stark remarks about equality. The piece recalls heavy memories and calls for reflection on a grim history and its lingering shadows.
During June Francis Bourn sold land at Wood and Bourn streets for 8450 to Timothy Welch. Allen Chace and Mary W. Chace sold multiple parcels to Ellen M. West and John Duffy for 300 to 600 dollars. Andrew Rohan sold to Dennis O Mara for 487540. Several other titles changed hands on Wood, Pearse, Crane, and Church streets with prices from 300 to 3500. Thomas Pearse and others sold dwellings and shares including an undivided fifth part for 330. Edward Middleton moved property on Wood Street for 300. Francis Patrick McFarlin appears in two transfers involving Crane's lane and Wood Street. The record lists buyers including Rt. Rev. Francis Patrick McFarlan and Mary W. Norris among others.
Rev. J J Peck delivered a Sunday sermon to the Young Men's Christian Association from Proverbs 22 1 emphasizing a good name over riches. He announced it was his last Sabbath as Bristol pastor, receiving heartfelt regret from all societies for his two and a half years of service in the Congregational Church.
Appointed by the Town Council in April to lay additional water pipes for firefighting, the committee now employs a large gang of laborers excavating Brandford Street. The pipes will connect the Sugar Refinery and National Rubber Company's Works to the main supply network.
Corner stone of the Memorial Chapel adjoining the Congregational Church will be laid with ceremonies at eleven o clock on Tuesday if weather is fair. If rain, services will be deferred to the next fair day at the same hour.
St Michael’s Church will hold an evening divine service with a sermon at a quarter before eight tomorrow Sunday. All seats will be free.
King Philip Fire Co. No. 4 visits Newport this morning aboard the Steamer Charlotta and AIsdbdux and will return this evening. They will be guests of Hercules Engine Co. No. 7 during the Newport stay.
A local suggestion advocates mowing the Common grass to ease pedestrian movement on the day of the community celebration. The proposal aims to improve safety and comfort during the public observance.
The civic portion will be dismissed at noon Monday and the military will march to the Common for a grand dress parade.
The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council and Court of Probate will be held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday afternoon next at two o'clock.
A baseball match set for Monday afternoon July 5 at three o clock between Bristol Base Ball Club and Newport Club to be played on the Common.
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